WebbliWorld

WebbliWorld.com supported by Childnet International...

We are pleased to say that WebbliWorld is now featured as one of the 'Great Sites' in the fun and games section of Kidsmart. In order to earn this position the site was reviewed by the Childnet International CEO and trustees and the feedback was extremely positive.

In addition, The Child Exploitation & Online Protection Centre and thinkyouknow.co.uk are also supporting WebbliWorld. We hope this reassures teachers and parents that WebbliWorld is entirely committed to providing a safe environment for children.

GoodyBlog post on WebbliWorld

We're really excited to see that more and more people are starting to recognise WebbliWorld as a safe haven for children and blogging about it. We have created an open forum of discussion with parents and teachers, to interact with and create a 2-way dialogue. The reason for this blog.

The more feedback, concerns, positive encouragement we get the better WebbliWorld will be.  The impact - children to learn and interact with each other safely and creatively. We have a dedicated page with information on the safety of children surfing on WebbliWorld, to view it, please click here.

We look forward to hearing from you and your comments.

Feedback from teachers...

We've had very positive feedback from Simon at Digital-teacher.co.uk.  He also suggested that WebbliWorld include parental permissions for email addresses. We'll make it a priority to add this to the registration page. We really appreciate comments from both teachers and pupils about the site, whether positive or negative. It all helps us to build a better WebbliWorld experience!

To view the posts you can go to:
Digital-teacher.co.uk
Porchester Junior School blog

 

Most Parents Concerned Kids Could Encounter Predators Online

'Eight in ten parents (77 percent) with children between the ages of 12 and 17, inclusive, are concerned that their child could encounter sexual predators online.'

Those are the findings of this article I spotted on Marketing Charts. You can view more stats on the survey carried out by Ipsos Reid.

It's a concern not just for users but for those of us who are creating websites for children. The internet's a great place - a fantastic resource for discovery and learning. And a great platform for creating positive communities. We know kids love communicating with each other. The challenge is to make this as safe as possible.

At WebbliWorld, our safe comments system is up and running.  Kids can choose from lists of pre-written phrases which allow them to talk to one another about a whole range of topics, music, books, sport, how they feel, what they like. If we can keep it fresh and introduce new topics, it's a great way to build communities without putting kids in danger. 

Webbliworld.com has launched!

These are very exciting times.  The convergence of TV and internet is fast approaching and we want to be at the forefront of that revolution. 

Whilst there are already some fantastic online sites for children to visit we want to make the name WebbliWorld synonymous with quality both in terms of design and content.  We know that we have a long way to ago to achieve our ultimate goals for WebbliWorld and now that the initial site has been launched we are already working to design and deliver phase two. 

We are also interested to get feedback from both users and parents so that we can implement this in our future planning.  We want to deliver an experience that is fun, exciting, enlightening and educational - not an easy task but with the fantastic team we have built - ultimately achievable!